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Recycled materials keep cost of classes low
Continued from page 6
month. The materials used will be
all recycled material at the thrift
shop so cost for the sessions is
presently nil.
Miss Martin says also that if a
church group or other organization
is interested in coming to do a spe
cial project it can be set up with a
recycling coordinator.
EDUCATION ♦ RECREATION • RESEARCH
Whether you require information as a full or
part-time student. . .
Whether you are a farmer, housewife,
student, or in business . . .
Or even if you just like to relax
with a good book . . .
Call at a Huron County
Library Branch
In your area
Branches In North Huron:
Belgrave, Bluevale, Blyth 523-4400, Brussels 887-6448,
Cranbrook, Fordwich, Gorrie, and Wingham 357-3312
Everything old can be new again
\NQr\dy Martin, left, manager of the Five R's Community Thrift Shop in Brussels and the
store's recycling co-ordinators, Joan Jacobs, seated, and Brenda Gilkes teach interested
individuals how to turn your old materials into something new with monthly craft workshops at
the Brussels store.
Teaching
others what
you enjoy
by Bonnie Gropp
There is no greater satisfaction
than that to be found in making a
success of something you enjoy.
Muriel Matheson of Molesworth
had always been creatively talented
and enjoyed making crafts and sell
ing them at area shows. Then 16
years ago, she and her son-in-law,
Jim Snider, an optician decided to
open a store in the country on
Highway 86, just west of the tiny
hamlet. One side of the building
would be for Jim's business, while
the other rooms would be for
Muriel's handcrafted products and
vegetables and homegardening.
Eventually, the craft part of the
business took over to the point
where the building had to be
expanded, explained Muriel's
daughter Donna Snider.
Over the years College Comers
has become widely known not only
as a place to buy your craft materi
als but as a learning centre for
those interested in developing their
own creative talents. Every spring
and fall Muriel, Donna and their
staff, instruct interested individuals
in the arts of decorative painting,
floral arranging and paper tole to
name only a few. The sessions are
offered four days a week and some
Saturdays, during afternoons and
evenings.
The most successful educational
venture, though, is the Wednesday
morning Coffee Hour, which has
been on-going for two years. This
is a general one-hour craft session
in the morning and evening. The
only cost is supplies.
The popularity of this session
seems to even amaze Muriel, who
says they had 80 people in atten
dance on the first day this season
and average about 40.
Donna believes so many are
interested in the course because
they enjoy making beautiful things
CONTINUING EDUCATION
INFORMATION DAYS AND SPECIAL
INTEREST COURSES
Care and Health Essentials of Horses Hooves
Features in this two day workshop will be mobility of the limb, detection
of soundness and lameness, practice in trimming the hoof and shoeing
techniques.
Instructor: Peter Tichboume, Alloway Lodge Farms Fee: $58.85
2 Saturdays, Nov. 21, 28/92 (9 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
Introductory Equine Management
This course deals with various management principles such as nutrition,
preventative health, reproduction in stallions and mares, and stable
management.
Instructor: Gary Eagleson, Eagleson Farms Fee: $53.50
2 Thursdays, Jan. 21,28/93 (7-10 p.m.) and 1 Saturday, Jan. 30/93 (9 a.m.-4 p.m.)
Swine Research Update
This one day update summarizes various research and other topics of
current interest to the swine industry. A wide variety of relevant topics
covering swine breeding, health, housing and marketing are featured.
1 Wednesday, January 27/93 (9 a.m. - 4 p.m.) Fee: $21.40
Beef Feedlot Day
An information day centering on the latest trends and research available
to beef producers.
1 Wednesday, Feb. 3/93 (9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.) Fee: $21.40
To register or
for further
Ministry of information call
Agriculture (519) 228-6691, Ex. 285
and Food
Ontario
CENTRALIA
Village of Brussels
Teaching her craft
Sixteen years ago Muriel Matheson decided to go into
business selling craft items and garden produce. Over the
year the craft business has grown enormously to the point
where it eventually squeezed out the latter. Classes are
offered in many different craft ideas regularly and when
they're on it's usually a full house at the store.
serving the heart of
northern Huron County
to give as gifts, but adds that often
people will make something for
someone else then come back to
buy materials to make one for
themselves.
To Muriel, who has taken a floral
course, but gets her ideas primarily
from her own ingenuity or through
books from the companies they
deal with, the beauty of learning a
craft is in knowing that your imagi
nation and creative nature are
responsible for the finished prod
uct.